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Five killed in Israeli strikes
20/04/2008 11:23 - (SA)
Gaza City - Five Palestinians were killed on Saturday and two others injured during two Israeli air raids in the Gaza Strip, medical officials said.
Six men - all members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, which controls Gaza - were hit by an air-to-surface missile at Jabiliya, north of Gaza City.
Two died immediately, two succumbed later to their wounds, while the remaining two survived with injuries.
In a separate incident, another member of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades was killed by an air-to-ground missile in the Beit Lahiya sector, in the north of Gaza, medical and Hamas sources said.
Both air strikes came hours after three Palestinians were killed and 13 Israeli soldiers wounded when Hamas militants, including suicide bombers, stormed a Gaza Strip border crossing with explosives-laden vehicles.
An Israeli military spokesperson confirmed the Jabiliya air strike, telling AFP that the target had been "a group of armed men preparing to fire rockets in the direction of Israel".
The military also confirmed the Beit Lahiya attack.
At least 424 people have died violently since the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian talks at a peace conference in late November in Annapolis, near Washington.
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